The Gulf of Mexico makes a perfect spot for this infection due to its increased temperatures. Experts alarmed by surge in ...

Vibrio vulnificus cases have risen to 80 following the widespread flooding from back-to-back hurricanes, surpassing the ...

Disease-causing microorganisms churn in the floodwaters after a hurricane and grow in people's homes long after the first ...

Happy Halloween, everybody! I wonder how many trick-or-treaters tonight will be dressed as hurricanes, or maybe as debris ...

This isn’t your garden variety bacteria. Vibrio lives up to the phrase “flesh-eating” because when it gets into your system, it destroys tissue by cutting off oxygen. It can lead to sepsis ...

The bacteria can infect a person with an open wound, such as a cut, and can cause the skin and soft tissue around the wound ...

A father of three fulfilled his late girlfriend’s wish after surviving a fatal case of food poisoning. Billy LeBlanc woke up ...

Cases of flesh-eating bacteria are on the rise after recent natural disasters. Vibrio Vulnificus occurs naturally in warm coastal waters. Its concentrations can rise with heavy rain and flooding.

A Vibrio outbreak that sickened more than 250 people in Australia was linked to oysters, but a specific grower could not be identified. The nationwide outbreak caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus ...

In a statement issued by the Florida Department of Health earlier this month, officials urged residents to avoid floodwaters where the Vibrio vulnificus bacteria, which causes the dangerous and ...

Florida health officials are reporting an increase in cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that can lead to flesh-eating infections, following recent hurricanes. In an update Friday, data from ...